Yard for red phone boxes
Posted: 24 Apr 2015, 08:34The red telephone box is a much-cherished symbol of Britishness. But most have been removed from the nation's streets, with more due to disappear. Where do they all go?
They're battered, rusting and flaky, some having stood in the sun, rain, wind and snow without any attention for three decades.
A few have weeds poking through gaps that once housed glass panels. Row after row of retired red telephone boxes remain in a yard near Merstham, Surrey, awaiting their fate. In a few weeks, maybe a few years, they will begin an afterlife - abroad, or, more likely, in British gardens.
Staff at Unicorn Restorations spend up to 30 hours stripping old kiosks, repainting them in the same shades of red once stipulated by the General Post Office and putting in new glass
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32315904
They're battered, rusting and flaky, some having stood in the sun, rain, wind and snow without any attention for three decades.
A few have weeds poking through gaps that once housed glass panels. Row after row of retired red telephone boxes remain in a yard near Merstham, Surrey, awaiting their fate. In a few weeks, maybe a few years, they will begin an afterlife - abroad, or, more likely, in British gardens.
Staff at Unicorn Restorations spend up to 30 hours stripping old kiosks, repainting them in the same shades of red once stipulated by the General Post Office and putting in new glass
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32315904